Judging a book by it's Cover

I occasionally stand in the young adult section of our local library. To be truthful, my eyes first are drawn towards the books that are either bright pink or look old. The old look tells me that this book is based sometime back in history or that it was super popular and has been demolished over the years of check ins and check outs. If it looks intriguing I flip it over and read the summary. Then if it doesn't bore me to death, as some books can since I am not the most dedicated reader, I flip to the first page.

Yes, that's me, the girl who sits down in the middle of the library and reads. But I don't read the same books for hours. I read the first page of tons of books to see what the author's style is. If I become annoyed within two paragraphs by the authors lack of elevated diction or overuse of words such as 'and' or 'or', I simply put it down and restart the cycle. Rarely do I ever know what I am looking for, that is what makes finding the perfect book that much better.

My latest trip to the library was short. I didn't have time to get to the step of the process where I read the first page. So I left with four books with well written summaries: The Truth About Forever, A Single Thread, All for One, and The Little Women Letters. I have now read all the first pages, that helped me decide which to read first. I went with The Truth About Forever by the amazing Sarah Dessen, who writes many of the books I have read in my lifeitme. I was instantly hooked on her storyline and her writing style. News about the others...hopefully to come soon.

Tell Us We're Home

From time to time I can't find a good book to read so I check up on things that Mrs. Leitsch has read. One that she rated very highly was Tell the Wolves I'm Home. I thought that this seemed like it could be a good book. I went to the library to find it but apparently other people had the same idea because they didn't have it checked in. So I looked around and found Tell Us We're Home and thought, why not try it? (I also hope to read Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, recommended by Mrs. Leitsch, sometime soon.)

This book is about three immigrant girls whose mothers work as nannies or caretakers for other families in their community. While some may some unlikely acquaintances, I believe (from what I have read so far) they have a lot in common. I think they will have lots of insecurities that they share such as knowing things about the kids their moms watch when the spoiled kids have no idea who they are could easily make for some very awkward moments. I hope to get an interesting story from this book because it seems to have a very good plot line.

The last book I read taught me a lot about Palestinian culture and I hope that this book introduces me to something new. I love getting out of my comfort zone with books like this because I almost always learn something new. I used to never like reading but in the second semester I have began to make time in my schedule to just sit down and read and I have really been enjoying forgetting about my crazy story to read someone else's.